WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) hosted a Flag Ceremony on Monday in Washington, D.C., bringing together Tribal leaders from across Minnesota. The event honored the flags of the state’s Tribal Nations, recognizing their sovereignty, identity, and history. The Mille Lacs Singers performed the Flag Song to mark the occasion.
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President Donald Trump granted a pardon on Tuesday to Devon Archer, a felon convicted for his involvement in a scheme that defrauded over $60 million in tribal bonds from the business arm of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
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Native Vote. U.S. Senate candidate and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan will make her eighth and ninth stops tomorrow in Brainerd and Bemidji as part of her Kitchen Table Conversations Tour. These gatherings are an opportunity for Flanagan to connect with Minnesotans and listen to the issues they are discussing with their families and neighbors.
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In response to President Donald Trump’s revocation of Executive Order 14112—originally signed by President Joe Biden to promote tribal self-determination for the 574 federally recognized tribes by improving access to federal funding and enhancing autonomy over its use—Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández D-NM-03) led a bicameral coalition of 52 Members of Congress on Wednesday in a letter urging the president to reinstate the order.
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The Cherokee Nation has contributed a $100,000 matching gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief, doubling private donations made to the organization on Monday.
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More than 175 years ago, in the 1830s, Chief Shab-eh-nay left his Reservation in northern Illinois to visit his family in Kansas. While he was away, the U.S. government illegally auctioned off more than 1,280 acres of his land near what is now the village of Shabbona in southern DeKalb County.
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WASHINGTON — In addition to articles already covered by Native News Online, here is a roundup of other news released from Washington, D.C. that impacts Indian Country recently.
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